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Out! Summer 2002 "One of the best shows I've seen all year, bar none...a staggeringly good show by anyone's standards." Rick Fenton, Artistic Director, Winnipeg Folk Festival "This independently distributed disc marks a promising debut for Winnipeg folkie Nicky Mehta...the album is marked by delicate melodies and Mehta's lovely vocals, which at their best sound as cool as Mary Chapin Carpenter's and Dar Williams'." Morley Walker, Winnipeg Free Press "All I want for Christmas is...continued innovation from creative local musicians such as Christine Fellows, Nicky Mehta, Nathan, Novillero, Duotang and the D-Rangers. John Kendle, Winnipeg Sun "Manitoba's Shawn Colvin! Nicky's voice has a warmth that grabs you, melodies that catch and hold your ear, and lyrics that keep you thinking. Her songs stay with you long after she leaves the stage." Donna Lowe, Artistic Director, Brandon Folk, Music, and Art Festival "The first time I heard Nicky Mehta perform was at the West End Cultural Centre for this year's Folk Alliance Send off; her beautiful voice and poetic lyrics mesmerized me. If you heard her on Culture Shock you know exactly what I mean. Her debut album Weather Vane has not left my CD player since I got it." Claudia Garcia de la Huerta, Host, CBC 990's Culture Shock "Nicky Mehta demands attention with her passionate yet understated delivery. With a pure, effortless alto voice and a poetry rare among her peers, she creates landscapes of beauty and remorse, full of detail yet uncluttered. Her steady, artful guitar provides the perfect backdrop for her songs, working together with her vocals as one instrument in service of each song. Mehta is known as a frequent backing singer for many Manitoba musicians on stage and on record. However, it is her solo work that will leave its mark." Evan Brubaker, Producer and President, Cake Records
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"Nicky Mehta can lead us into some deep waters without making us feel that we are about to drown. Her warmth of character translates and is communicated through her songs with an extraordinary voice, possessed of depth, richness of tone and range, and more intangibly, beauty. I do not book people without one eye on the numbers, and I will not repeatedly book anyone on the basis of mere quality, and Nicky is a repeat booking. Nicky Mehta's performance is why we have the arts; it is in order to have witnessed something ennobling, to realize that with simple truth in lyric and a graceful and beautiful delivery, something has been imparted to you to make you a better person."
Duane Manwaring, Owner, Blue Note Cafe
"Nicky Mehta's voice has always been one that can stand without accompaniment but combined with a lyrical prowess that is equally worthy of attention for its own merit, she creates great original compositions that reflect on the personal without sacrificing closure for
preciousness."
Susan Krepart, Features Music and Assignment Editor, Uptown Magazine
"Poet, singer, musician. Soaring melodies and thought provoking lyrics are the first things that come to mind when I think of Nicky’s music; the beautiful voice and charming personality combine to make Nicky Mehta a show worth catching."
John Sharples, Artistic Director, Wolseley Summerfest
"Nicky Mehta is one of the coolest and most impressive people to work with in the studio. In the first place she’s got that brilliant, rich, soulful voice, which is what immediately draws people into her music. But beyond that she has a strong vision for herself as an artist, which makes recording with her very rewarding. She’s also 100% committed to the songs she writes. And she makes me laugh."
Lloyd Peterson, Producer, Private Ear Recording
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